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Ingredients
- 1 - 2 fresh long red chillies, trimmed, cut into halves and deseeded, if preferred, to taste
- 1 - 2 limes, juiced, to taste
- 40 g fish sauce
- 60 g peanut oil
- 2 sprigs fresh basil, leaves only, plus extra for garnishing
- 1000 g hot water
- 2 bunches green asparagus, trimmed and cut into pieces (3 cm)
- 450 - 500 g peeled raw prawns with tails intact (approx. 20 - see Tips)
- 270 g soba noodles
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 2154 kJ / 512.9 kcal
- Protein
- 35.8 g
- Carbohydrates
- 49.1 g
- Fat
- 17.2 g
- Saturated Fat
- 3.2 g
- Fibre
- 8 g
- Sodium
- 1827.5 mg
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